Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast

“Decent western influenced hotel”

I stayed a couple of nights in this hotel as I wanted a more Western hotel with presumably softer beds. Sayed on the 28th (top floor). Pros: 1) Best buffet I had in China/Korea with a great latte maker 2) Room on 28th floor had great views. 3) Starbucks adjacent to the lobby. 4) Beds were soft … more

I stayed a couple of nights in this hotel as I wanted a more Western hotel with presumably softer beds. Sayed on the 28th (top floor). Pros: 1) Best buffet I had in China/Korea with a great latte maker 2) Room on 28th floor had great views. 3) Starbucks adjacent to the lobby. 4) Beds were soft and pillows fluffy. Nuetral: 1) bathroom awesome, rest of room felt dated. 2) No good business channels on the TV.

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“Below international Marriott standard”

Highlights - The breakfast buffet at 2nd floor was great with Chinese and Western cuisine. The supervisor Becky was extremely helpful and offered me services several times - The hotel gym is spacious and equipped with all major facilities with even new Technogym brand, the check in guy was polite … more

Highlights - The breakfast buffet at 2nd floor was great with Chinese and Western cuisine. The supervisor Becky was extremely helpful and offered me services several times - The hotel gym is spacious and equipped with all major facilities with even new Technogym brand, the check in guy was polite and friendly - As Elite member I was offered a spacious Junior Suite without requesting from my side prior to check in. The small present (some sweet local cakes) delivered in the room was really nice Improvement potential - The room was a bit worn out and had a smoking and strange smell all the time , some carpet was broken in the corridor - The food offer in the M Lounge was very poor, only some vegetarian options as warm dishes in the happy hour session

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“One of my favourite hotels # this time # a little bit disappointed”

Marriott Bonvoy World Elite MasterCards are supposed to be working at Marriott Hotels (!), and once checking into their executive lounge (which is great while staying ahead of the rest, to simply skip the queues), I had to unfortunately learn, even while logging onto my banking app and to share my … more

Marriott Bonvoy World Elite MasterCards are supposed to be working at Marriott Hotels (!), and once checking into their executive lounge (which is great while staying ahead of the rest, to simply skip the queues), I had to unfortunately learn, even while logging onto my banking app and to share my location specifically to the spot, that only Alipay is being accepted. So this is what I did, I inked my Marriott Bonvoy World Elite Mastercard to Alipay and have been "scanned by the merchant instead". Unfortunately, this came with a drawback, additional banking charges from the third party platform. Their Executive afternoon was rather a fiasco, offering marshmallows and "cakes" in the size of a thumb. At least offer something salty, to those with diabetes (!). The rest was fine, room, grounds, the Executive lounge breakfast god, just their afternoon tea could seek room for improvement, but all neat and tidy, modern. and as I would have expected it. An international hotel is supposed to be handling the basics, offering rooms and let guests also pay for such, not only these that are holding local payment systems. Luckily, I share such details, others just walk away. How come I can use my Marriott Bonvoy World Elite Mastercard to tap in and out for the airport express, and purchase a sport drink in a supermarket, but I can't make use of a Marriott credit card in a Marriott hotel. The card worked also and perfectly fine (within the same hotel group) at the Beijing Capital Airport, as well as Chongqing and Shanghai properties ! Others may just walk away and don't even mention it, but hey: criticising leaves room for improvement. I like this hotel, and care about it, I care more or less and wanting to return, this time and next time rather without additional Alipay charges on my credit card!

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